Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201281995 - Employee Is Electrocuted When Boom Hits Power Line

Accident Summary Nr: 201281995 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 05/10/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307838789	05/10/2005	4911	221122	Utility Lines Construction Services, Inc.

Abstract: On May 10, 2005, six employees were replacing old power poles with new poles at a job site. As an operator on the pole truck was off loading a pole from the line truck, the boom of the line truck contacted the primary power line directly above it. Employee #1, who was leaning against the back of a truck, was electrocuted when this contact occurred. Employee #1 went into cardiac arrest at the scene and died enroute to the hospital.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, CARDIAC ARREST, TRUCK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, UTILITY POLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307838789			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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